Place:Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States

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Contained Places
Borough
Delaware Water Gap
East Stroudsburg
Mount Pocono
Stroudsburg ( 1799 - )
Cemetery
Middle Smithfield Presbyterian Burying Ground
Census-designated place
Arlington Heights
Brodheadsville
Mountainhome
Pocono Pines
Deserted settlement
Dutotsburg
Inhabited place
Analomink
Appenzell
Arrowhead Lake
Barton Glen
Bartonsville
Blakeslee
Blue Mountain Pines
Bossardsville
Brainerd Center
Briar Crest Woods
Buck Hill Falls
Camelot Forest
Camp Akiba
Canadensis
Castle Garden
Castle Rock Acres
Coolbaugh
Coveville
Craigs Meadow
Crescent Lake
Cresco
Dotters Corners
East Swiftwater
Easton Anglers
Echo Lake
Effort
El-Do Lake
Emerald Lakes
Fernridge
Fiddletown
Forest Glen
Foxtown Hill
Frutchey
Gilbert
Gravel Place
Hamilton Square
Henryville
Jackson
Jonas
Kahkhout Mountain
Kellersville
Kemmererville
Kresgeville
Kunkletown
Little Summit
Locust Lakes Village
Long Pond
Lower Tannersville
Marshalls Creek
McIlhaney
McMichael
Mechanicsville
Meisertown
Merwinsburg
Minisink Hills
Monroe Lake
Mount Zion
Mushroom Farms
Neola
North Water Gap
Paradise Crossing
Paradise Valley
Parkside
Pleasant View Lake
Pocono Country Place
Pocono Farms East
Pocono Heights
Pocono Lake
Pocono Laurel Lake
Pocono Manor
Pocono Playhouse
Pocono Summit
Poplar Bridge
Preserve
Reeders
Resica Falls
Robin Hood Lakes
Ross Common
Rossland
Sandhill
Saylorsburg
Sciota
Scotrun
Shawnee on Delaware
Shoemakers
Skytop
Smith Gap
Snow Hill Falls
Snydersville
Spruce Hill
Stormville
Sun Valley
Swiftwater
Tannersville
Tobyhanna
Turn Villa
Wagners Forest Park
Wagners
Warnertown
Weir Lake
Wilderness Acres
Winona Lakes
Wiscasset
Wooddale
Township
Chestnuthill
Hamilton
Middle Smithfield
Smithfield
Stroud
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Monroe County is a county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 168,327. Its county seat is Stroudsburg. The county was formed from sections of Northampton and Pike counties on April 1, 1836. Named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, the county is located in northeastern Pennsylvania, along its border with New Jersey. Monroe County is coterminous with the East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It also borders the Wyoming Valley, the Lehigh Valley and has connections to the Delaware Valley and the Tri-State Area being a part of New York City's Designated Media Market, but also receiving media from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia areas.

The county is home to East Stroudsburg University. For many recent decades, Monroe County was one of the fastest-growing counties in the state of Pennsylvania, partially due to tourism, and partially due to transplants from the New York City Area desiring a lower cost of living while still being close enough to commute to work in the city. The population increased by over 70% from 1990 to 2010, and the commercial and retail sectors expanded significantly, although population growth has since slowed.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1836 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 9,879
1850 13,270
1860 16,758
1870 18,362
1880 20,175
1890 20,111
1900 21,161
1910 22,941
1920 24,295
1930 28,286
1940 29,802
1950 33,773
1960 39,567
1970 45,422
1980 69,409
1990 95,709

Research Tips

External links

  • Outstanding guide to Monroe County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
  • www.co.monroe.pa.us/


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